Christmas With My Family

 The day before christmas my family was rushing through shop to shop doing last minute shopping. All my cousin was tried from walking around the mall for 2 hours, though it felt like decades. When we got home we ate and got ready to go to bed, as tomorrow was christmas day. The kids were asleep  and the parents. Christmas day came and everon gwas rushing to prepare the barbecue at the park for our family.When we got to the park we started to put the tent up and then started decorating the tree. After decorating the tree we brang all the presents from the cars to under the tree. Once everyone started to turn up we had our christmas feed then started to give out the presents. I was really happy about the presents I got this year even though lockdown occurred. Once we were all done with the presents we started to play cricket. Christmas day was so fun that I couldn't sleep because I got to sleep over at my cousin house who live in otara  and barley comes to family gatherings. I loved this years christmas and would love to have another one like this.

SLJ Week 2 Activity 12 Pigpen Code

LI: To try and code or decode a message

Today, for the 12 task of the summer learning journey we were learning about how to decode or code a message using a pigpen code. First we had to learn how to code and what types of symbols each letter had. Then first we got an activity telling us to decode the sentence. We had to find out which beach they were talking about. The next part of this activity was to try and code your own pigpen code. We had to find out which was our favorite beach was na d code the name for others to try and decode it. I found this activity very interesting because I never knew what was pigpen and and haven't even heard of that so I got to learn something new for today challenge from the summer learning journey.

SLJ Week 2 ( Activity 10 ) Nano Girl

LI: To learn about sound

 Today for task 10,we were with nano girl.This experiment was all about super sound, this task was also about making our own xylophone.For this task we needed five pieces of A4 pieces of paper,scissors, and a pencil.  Here is the link if you want to make a xylophone yourself. I found this task fun because I got to learn more about sound and got to make my own xylophone. I could also make tunes or pitches different from the other because of the way I cut the tubes I made.

SLJ Week 1 Activity 9 Summer Haiku

LI: To write a haiku about the summer

 

For the summer Learning Journey, this is my ninth task for this week. This task was all about the summer. We had to make a haiku about the summer and why we loved doing thing in the summer. How you do a haiku is when you when the first line has five syllables the the middle line has 8 syllables and the last line has five again. I found this task very interesting because I have already done a task like this but i got to refresh my mind about kaiku poems and what their about.

SLJ Week 1 Step it up Challenge: Rise up

LI: To create a screencastify with others while reciting the poem I have created.

 Today, for my eighth Step it up Summer Learning Journey Task, I have made a screencastify in which I have sang the poem that I created in the Kick Start Activity. This task is the second part of the original task that's is the rise up task. I found doing this activity very interesting because I laughed a lot with my cousins on my mistake and enjoyed watching me but at the same time I also learnt an important message through the poem I created, which is to never think you can't do things. You can do thing only if you try it and see for itself and see if you made it and to never give upon your dreams.

SLJ Week 1 Task 8 Rise Up

LI: To create a text graphic to share our lyrics and the chorus of the song. 

Today, for my eighth Kick Start Summer Learning Task, I wrote a poem which is called "we will rise" by  the students in Mangarere College. My lyrics is about how high we could reach f we were to put the time and effort into the things we love doing. This task was really fun for me because I got to make my own lyrics from being inspired by the mangarere students and maybe somehow one day will inspire someone who is on my blog.

SLJ Week 1 Activity 7

LI: To learn how to pronounce maori words.

Today for the seventh activity our task was about trying to pronounce the moari words. We had to and make a moari sentence trying to fit words into the best place possible. This task I worked on my maori words and trying to pronounce the words that are difficult for me. I found this task interesting because I got to work hard and fast to complete this task and to express the learning I get from doing these task.

SLJ Week 1 Activity 6

LI : To draw or create an optical Illusion.

 

Today I did my sixth Summer Learning Task, I started by knowing what an optical illusion is. An optical illusion is when your eyes and brain are tricked to show you something else rather than what it actually is. This task showed us how to make our own optical illusion.I created my optical illusion on paper. To do this I needed a pencil,ruler,and a piece of paper. I really enjoyed this task because I got to learn more about optical illusions and how I got to create my own piece of art.

SLJ Week 1 Activity 5

LI: To create a kowhaiwhai pattern to represent summer 



Today I learnt that when it is very hot and the air is shimmering Tānerore performs the haka for his mother, Hine-Raumati. This happens in summer as the land heats up. Our challenge was to think about this while we designed our own kowhaiwhai pattern to represent summer. My pattern is like the rainbow because it has the eight colours of the rainbow. I found this activity fun because I got to be creative and got to have fun at the same time.

SLJ Week 1 Activity 4

 LI: to make insect art using plant life.

Inspired by art creations by Raku Inoue we went outside and collected leaves, twigs, and other plant debris to create our own insect images. I found it quite hard to make this because I had to try and make the shapes out of the leaves and twigs I got from outside.I enjoyed this task because I got to learn the shape of the insect I created. I made a dragonfly for this task.Three facts I found about the dragonfly is

• Dragonflies don't sting and don't bite people, they have been around the world for about 3000 years, and 
• People in Indonesia like to eat them for a snack.

 

SLJ Week 1 Activity 3

LI: To create your own comic strip of an imaginary conversation.

My comic strip shows the conversation I imagine these two people had after one of the men had sneezed his teeth into the sea during a fishing trip. I found this task from the summer learning journey very fun because I found it funny when he sneezed her dental teeth into the sea and then his friend pranks him with his own teeth. Writing the words into the bubble was very interesting because I got to make them have a conversation.

SLJ Week 1 Activity 2

 LI: To write a quality blog comment on someone else’s blog that starts a rich learning conversation.

Leaving a quality blog comment on another  student’s blog helps us make connections to new learning by asking open ended questions that encourage a reply and motivate the blogger to ask their own question in return. This is how a comment thread starts and when that happens we make connections with a wider audience who we can learn with and from.

SLJ Week 1 Activity 1

 LI: To collect materials needed to successfully complete our weekly superpower building missions with Nano Girl.

This morning LS2 worked in groups with our Year 4 students to help them create their first Summer Learning Journey blog posts. PBS are still at school this week so finding some of the materials we needed for our treasure hunt was easy. Our challenge is going to be able to find all the materials we need at home now. I found this activity fun because I am looking forward to the new task we get while we continue with the summer learning journey.

Digital Board Game

 LI: To create a digital board game for the juniors 

This week we designed digital board games with a Christmas theme to play with the junior students. To play the game successfully they will need to read and follow the instructions, then use their counting skills to move around the board. This task topic was about christmas, it could be anything like santa lost dasher of rudolph has lost the sleigh. This task was very tricky because we had to draw and make everything ourselves with take quite a long time to draw detail on you santa.Today we showed our Year 4 students how to make their own games. How you play this game first you decided who is blue or purple then blue with start of by clicking on the dice which will take you to the online dice roller then you click the dice, once you get your number for example you get five you move your online counter to the number five. If the is a candy on it then it mean that you could to two spaces forward. If you land on a candy cane you need to go back five spaces backwards, and if you land on a tree you can go four space upwards meaning if you land on the number 46 then you go up to the number 86 .It was really fun because teaching the juniors how to make things help me become more confidence in sharing our learning.

Operation Christmas Drop

LI: To write a summary of the story behind the Operation Christmas Drop in her own words.

The above presentation is a collaborative work of Sakshi and me which showcases a summary of Operation Christmas Drop. This tradition is being followed for 68 years, providing basic supplies to over 60 islands supporting more than 20,000 islanders. By providing financial as well as educational support, they help the islanders make a fresh start because they lose whatever they have in natural disasters. I think these small donations are not just food and books but they are something that can make a huge difference in the lives of other people. I learned more about this topic after completing this task and also came to understand how individuals support each other as a random act of kindness.

Decorating The Tree

 LI: To decorate the office tree.

Today we completed our christmas decorations. Our client Mr Johnston asked us to make new decorations for the tree in the office. Once we finished our designs we went to the office to decorate the tree for christmas.The christmas decorations represented the students that go to panmure bridge school. We were given our brief our what our christmas decoration needed to have for example  it needed to be 10 centimeters, 3D effects, and had to be related to your culture. Their were types of holidays that we could pick when we were making our design. They were Christmas, Hanukkah,Eid, And Diwali. The tree in the office looked very pleasant because all the decoration looked beautiful. I was very pleased with the end product and would like to do this again. The tree looked very attractive.

Illustrated Story

LI: To write a pourquoi (tell me why or how) story that paints a picture in the mind of the reader.



This week for writing we were learning about quoquoi stories. Quoquoi writing tells people how or why something works or does.Our challenge this week was to create a pourquoi story that we would illustrate and share with our junior classes. A pourquoi story tells us why something is the way it is. Our story tells why/how the snakes got it scales. This morning we shared our stories with Room 2 and Room 4, and they loved listening to them. I really enjoyed sharing our animation because I think our story was really intersting.

Design Technology Challenge

LI: To design and make a holiday decoration that fits the client brief.

The photos above show my end product or follow up from the design technology challenge. We started by unpacking what the design process was. Our client, Mr Johnston asked LS2 to make christmas decoration. The specification from Mr Johnston was for our decorations to be 10 centimeters, 3D effects, and to make a design from our culture.Then it was time to think of what type of holiday we would make our decorations in that represent us. They were Eid,Hanukkah,Christmas,Diwali. I picked christmas because I thought is was easier when I mixed my culture with the christmas holiday.Once we picked our holiday we started to draw our design on a piece of paper. After doing our design we started using felt for us to pratis of stichting skills. We used the running stitch and the blanket stitch. After we got good at it we started on our proper design. My first design was a turtle with a santa hat. I also added embellishments to my design so it could be more dazzling. I was very pleased with my design because I thought it was made to a very high standard and was made with a lot of effort put in. After that I made more design because I was pleased with my design. I made a flower and snowman and a cup of milk. I had to be creative with the colours because their wasn't enough felt for everybody.

Art Colouring Book : Step It up Challenge

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The elements of art is one of the most important things you use when doing art. When I combine all the elements I create a very good picture, art, or painting.Using the elements  of art included lines,shape,form,texture,colour,space, and value. 

Lines a used of some hard piece of surface. Their are many types of lines such as, wavy lines,straight lines, and many more. When the lines are put together they form a shape. Shapes come in all types of sizes, they can also be geometric when lines are put together. When shape are used they create type of forms.
 
Shapes have many different types of form when used.Space is the amount of height and width you have between your art,painting, or picture.Space is one of the most things you need when you are doing art.Colours are one of the most expressive element of art. It is also used when you are showing space. Value is the lightness or darkness of a colour. When a dark or light colour is together they create contrast with form texture. Texture is how the art feels. It could be rough,soft,smooth.

Art is all about the elements. In one of my art I used some of the elements of art. Some of the elements of art I used was space,line,shapes. Using these elements really helped me with my art, for example one of my art was a bunch of lines together forming a shape. I used lines,shapes,space, to create my painting.

Combining the elements of art is one of the most important part when doing art. Such as having the right tools, paper, and a right place you could do it in. Even when you paint lines it still includes the elements of art. Showing the elements could really bring detail and could also express the story behind it. 

This morning we tried one of this year’s Kick Start Summer Learning Journey activities. The purpose of this task was to experiment with colours by mixing colours from the original palette with pop colours. This allowed us to recolours famous painting or images of landmarks around the world.For this task we were asked to make a T.E.E.L paragraph about the step it up challenge we have been doing. T.E.E.L stands for topic starter,eleaborate,evidence, and linking back to the topic starter
 

Tech Reflection - Science With Mrs Sharma

 This week for tech was our last week with Mrs sharma for science. This week's topic was about plants and food makers.First we learnt about plants, then we were given five questions about plants to answer then we would share our thinking. After sharing our thinking we watched a video more about plants and we were also asked to take note. One fun fact about plants is that plants are useful to animals because they are also part of the food chain. Next we were tasked to find ten leafs and write the size,texture,colour,thickness, and the patterent of the leaf. I enjoyed finding more about plants and what they do for a living.

Respecting Teachers - CARE Awards - Gold Respect

 For this task I was asked to create a video about how you could respect teachers. When respecting teachers  you could do what they tell you to do the first time, don't disrespect them, and don't talk back to the teacher when they are talking to you and listen to the teachers when they are talking to the class. What I enjoyed from this task was making a video about how you could respect teacher. I liked this because I could show and tell other kids about showing respect to their teachers and help them being a better student.

Thank You Letter - Gold Respect - C.A.R.E. Awards

LI: To create a thank you letter to a staff member os teacher.  

Today we were continuing our C.A.R.E for this block. For this task I completed one of my Gold Respect work. I did this task showing a thank you letter for one of the teacher, of staff member. I wrote about Mrs Linda and how she has done everything for this class and also me. I don’t know how to repay for all the patience and kindness you have given this class, but all I can say is that you are one of the most spectacular teacher aids I have ever learnt with, because even when you’re angry you don’t show it and that’s what I like about you.

Art Colouring Book

LI:To experiment with colours.

This morning we tried one of this year’s Summer Learning Journey activities. The purpose of this task was to experiment with colours by mixing colours from the original palette with pop colours. This allowed us to recolours famous painting or images of landmarks around the world. FIrst we saw the original design then we used different colour pallets to recreate the image.I liked how we got to experiment with colours and recreate famous paintings or images.

Book Club - Bok Choy

LI: to unpack the text together

Fau, Lukah, Chris, Vayan, Sulia, Azatulah and I were introduced to the activity, Book Club by Mrs Anderson.  Each member of the book club has a role to take each week. The 7 roles are, The Discussion Director, Connector, Summariser, Passage Picker, Word Master, Illustrator and Meeting Report. 

The book that we read this week was called “Bok Choy” by Paul Mason. The moral of the story was describing the differences between the chinese people compared to the english. This story unpacked the racism faced by chinese miners, who came to New Zealand in 1800s to seek their fortune in the gold fields. From this story we learnt it is important to accept one another despite who we are and how we look. 

Once we had completed the tasks for our roles, we reported back to the group and shared our thoughts and ideas. The Discussion Director’s asked questions and guided everybody to be on the right track. The Summariser, picked 20 most important words from the story, to 6, and used it to summarise the text. The Passage Picker would pick a part of the story and write why it’s important to you. The Connector had to make connections to themself, to text, and to the world from the book. . I enjoyed that we had a rich conversation about our learning without hep from the teacher.

Te Whanau Raukura Performance

 

This week we had a professional kapa haka group perform items for our school.The groups name is called Te whanau Raukura. When they entered the hall they blew the conch showing us they culture. The first song they sang was them saying thank you for having them perform to us.Each maori item they used they explained the meaning behind it, what it's for, and how you use it.They used taiaha, poi and te rakau in their performance.They usually go to the Auckland museum and perform their.When they danced they used their item in special way to express how they dance, also the music they used was also helping them expressing their dance in different ways.Finishing their performance we were all split into our class so we can have a game with each of the performers. We had Bekah teach us our game. We played Pukana. How you play this is that you need a group of people to form a circle then someone would say. Ringa Pakahe A then pukana he pukana ha the you would start of pointing you hand like the maori people would do when they dance and every time someone did that to you you had to do the same thing to the next person beside you or to the same person. I enjoyed seeing experienced people performing so I could see what it's like for me to do kapa haka in front of people because I'm also in the kapa haka group for school.

Exploring our national current events

LI: To identify author’s purpose. 



For this task we learnt about Current Events. We used this words to find out about events around the world timeliness, relevance, magnitude, unexpectedness, impact, somebody important, oddity, conflict, something negative, continuity, emotions and progress.Authors write for a purpose (reason). These reasons are to persuade, inform or entertain (PIE). Each day, newspaper editors around the world must make decisions about which stories they will run. We explored the different types of current events that are happening in New Zealand, thought about why the story made the news and plotted the location on a google map. I worked with Sakshi,Matthew,Chris, & Pouvi.

Provocation: Should masks be compulsory on NZ public transport?

 LI: To identify and consider the two perspectives of this provocation to help me form an opinion.

For this task we used provocation to help us answer this question, should mask be compulsory on NZ public transport. A provocation is an action or speech that triggers strong feelings about a topic. Today we considered both sides of the provocation, ‘Should masks be compulsory on NZ public transport?’ We then used that information to help us form an opinion that we could justify with evidence. We had many link that helped us gather evidence and information about this topic.In my opinion I think mask should be mandatory when using public transportation, by using face covering you can prevent germ spreading to other people. Covid 19 is one of the serious problem that has caused the our countries to go into lock down. Using a face mask we can stop spreading germ stop to  other and we can live in peace. Jacinda Arden explains that why wearing masks on public transports is mandatory “Now is the right time to make mask use mandatory in these situations”.

Charge Of The Light Brigade

LI: To understand the story behind the poem.

This week we learnt about the poem called the Light Brigade. We had to unpack the poem bit by bit to understand the meaning behind the poem. The author of this poem is Alfred Lord Testiness. The story behind this poem is about the light brigade riding the valley of death and then trying to retrieve the guns that were stolen.They came back failing the mission, and coming out with nothing. 600 men went in less then one third came back ( less that 200). One thing that I enjoyed was unpacking the poem story bit by bit because I got to learn something new.

Math Challenge

LI: To explain our strategy

 

This week in maths Hay lee, Lukah, RJ, Juel and I created a DLO about our challenge we did in Maths.Our maths challenges were based on our learning about weight.We had three challenges all together.We solved three separate word problems and chose one to make a DLO about. We explained our strategy on how we got the answer. Our problem was to figure out the combination of animals to match the weight of an elephant. Something I found interesting was learning more about weight and showing our strategy.

Body Parts - Te reo challenges

 

This weeks Te Reo challenge was to name all the body parts in maori. First we started by using  animating sites like Powtoon and Pixton to start with the work. We chose an avatar so it would be easy to explain the topic. The animation covers body parts like mouth, legs, feet, eyes, teeth, elbow. nose, fingers, toes, hair, head, ears, shoulders, knee and hands.I have the link under this showing my work.

 Te Reo Challenge Body Parts

Writing :Why is it important to use our PBS CARE values?

 LI: To write an explanation using .T.E.E.L. paragraphs

This week we have been revising explanation writing. Next week is our assessment week so we did this collaborative challenge to remind ourselves what is needed when we write explanations.We were practising on how to be writing a explanation for our test. We used the acronym T.E.E.L to help us understand the structure of writing a paragraph.We were asked to make this a collaboration piece of work. We also tried

to use transitional vocab to make our writing more understanding.We made a recording of the explanations.I found out that having the acronym T.E.E.L really help us make our piece of writing more better.

Math : Lowest Common Factor

 LI: To create a google draw and explain the LCM with a meaning and example.

The above google draw is a collaborative work of Afatia and me which showcases our learning on Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) under the topic of math. We first started by solving basic question and follow up worksheets to understand the topic step by step. Then we started to make this google draw. To explain the task in detail we have added the meaning, strategy, example and an image of the workout. I found this topic very interesting because it makes these type of questions a lot more easier. I really liked working with Afatia and would love to do more tasks like this. 

Math : Highest Common Factor

 LI: To create a google draw and explain the HCF with a meaning and example.

 

The above google draw is a collaborative work of Sakshi and me which showcases our learning on Highest Common Factor (HCF) under the topic of math. We first started by solving basic question and follow up worksheets to understand the topic step by step. Then we started to make this google draw. To explain the task in detail we have added the meaning, strategy, example and an image of the workout. I found this topic very interesting because we never knew about such a strategy and to solve these questions. I really liked working with Afatia and would love to do more tasks like this. 

Choice Explanation : Pollution

LI: To make a explanation. 

 Why Is It Important To Make A Wise Choice ?

Do you enjoy the fact that 1 million sea creatures lose their life from our silly actions ? This is cause by our laziness and because instead of putting it in the rubbish bin we purposely throw it on the ground.Our silly actions have started to affect the way other people live and how sea creatures die. You may think throwing a piece of rubbish on the ground doesn’t do anything but behind the scene it does a lot of things to harm our oceans.

It only getting worse by the minute. Specifically 8 million piece of trash is found in our waters, we tend to endanger our sea animals especially our sea birds,seals, and turles. Our rubbish isn’t only on our oceans it also pollutes our river banks,lagoons,lakes, and our beaches. 100 million pieces of trash is found in our oceans. By the time next year comes we will have no fresh water,food, and places to go because we tend to misuse plastic and it ends up in our oceans and more.

For example our sea bird die because they get confuse with plastic and tiny fish and then they end up eating the wrong stuff. When they keep eating plastic sometimes it get caught up in their stomach and throat which makes them unable to eat or digest the plastic. 1 million sea birds die each year just from eating plastic.

Same as turles and marine animals such as dolphins,seals, and whales.100,000 marie animals and turtles die each year from our plastic. Due to this horrid news we have less and less amount of sea creatures in the entire ocean then it did before plastic was made.Their are more plastic than sea life in our ocean which is bad. When next year comes we will have a ocean full of plastic instead of fish and sea creatures. Did you know that one piece of plastic take up to 100 million years for it to decompose, imagen having 8 million piece of plastic every year in our ocean.

We need to stop this before it is too late. Lets make it possible for the next generation to have a healthy looking ocean with lot of marine animals and sea life.  We can help everyone by picking up piece of plastic that you find on the ground.

First we had fime minute timer to plan our ideas for making a wise choice about pollution. After we planned we we asked to have a 40 minute timer to se could write our explanation.I did my explanation on pollution and how we weren't going to have a bright future if their was going to be so much pollution on our ocean.We used the acronym DRAFT and TIIC. DRAFT stands for Delete,Rearrange,Add,Fix, and Talk. TIIC stands for Title,Introduction,Information, and Conclusion.

Fractions With Mr Fisiiahi

 LI : To learn how to use and understand fractions  

Today was the last week with Mr Fisiiahi for this term. This week we learnt about fractions. We also used the words twice,double,thirds,fourths, and fifths.We first played dicey. We first learnt about what is fraction. Then we learnt about how to make a whole with 1 part of the shape for example we had to make one whole from 1/4 and 1/3. This task showed us how to use fractions and how to part and make a whole piece of shape. The last thing we played was Frog jump and Tower of hanoi.

Inquiry

 LI: To think deeply about a change I would make

If I was the Prime Minister the one thing that I will change their will be no more pollution because it is killing our marine and sea life.Specifically 8 million piece of trash is found in our waters, we tend to endanger our sea animals especially our sea birds,seals, and turles.  

I would do this because  100 million pieces of trash is found in our oceans. By the time next year comes we will have no fresh water,food, and places to go because we tend to misuse plastic and it ends up in our oceans and more, and so we can have a healthy ocean full with fish and marine life.

Inquiry | Voting

LI:  To decide which political party will get your vote by making an informed choice 

To decide which political party I would vote for I read a summary of the policies each party wants to introduce should they win the election and the right to form a government to run NZ. Doing this allowed me to make an informed decision.If I was 18 I would vote for National because National thinks that the using drugs increases violence and may cause harm.This means if National Won the election in my electorate Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi would be our member of parliament and Simon Bridges would become the Prime Minister. Something I found that was interesting that National thinks that the using drugs increases violence and may cause harm.

Tech : Science With Mrs Sharma

 LI: To identify the material and the uses of plastic.

This week for tech we were learning about plastic and what it does to our ocean and sea life.We first had to find different types of plastic and find the use of it. We recaped on what we learnt last week about sorting out different types of plastic and which area they go into.We also learnt about the uses of plastic. We were given two sheet of paper with fact that link to the plastic in oceans. We were asked to cut them out them put them into three groups, Negative,Positive, and Neutral. Then we watched a video about how the climate changes affect polar bears and their diet. 

Statistics With Mr Fisi'iahi

 LI: Identify patterns and relationships between data

Today my group and I worked with Mr Fisi’iahi. We learnt about statistics and analysing our data. We first got our information from Mr Fisi’iahi then we were asked to analyse the information then gather the data. Today our wondering was about whether teens use their phone more often then pre - teens. Our results showed that there were 10 teens who use their phone and 6 pre - teens don’t have phones. Our learning was about trying to analyse,gather, and find the statistics in the information that was given to us. We used data cards to find our statistics.

Tuakana Teina -

 LI: To help our younger students make design string art panels.

This week our class is learning about maori language week. Some of the students in our classroom decided to make some art for maori language week. Room 1 and 2 came up to our classroom so we could do some string art with them. First we got them to practice what they were going to draw on a sheet of newsprint paper before they got to do it on the black piece of paper. They learnt lots on how to do string art panels. I taught the younger students with Sakshi. They were Jamie ,Freedom ,Laz ,Millrose, and Tupe. They were very excited about this art because they got to use string chalk and glue. It got really messy but I was cool for the older students to teach the younger student something about art.

Biology: Footprints Observation

 LI: To look for evidence in the data and the images to infer what might be happening. 

The above presentation is the collaborative work of Lily, Sakshi, Liletina and me. It showcases what we did in today's Reading class as well as the new words and topics we came to know about. Our challenge was to observe the images and find a conclusion. The rule we followed was that you cannot speak and you negotiate to tell that your point is important. We also learned that science is empirical which means that science is based on observations. We can also say that there is no conclusion with an observation. After completing this challenge we came to know the meaning of several words that are used in biology. We are also very happy that we got a chance to work as a team and discuss our work.

It Cool 2B Me !

LI: To understand what you like best about yourself.

For one of the dare program we were asked to fill this DLO out about ourselves.We had to write what we liked about ourselves, what you want to see in your friend what you really want to do, and who you want to be like when you grow up. This task was fun for me because I got to realize what I'm good at and to focus on my goal and what I look at when I want a friend. 

Family Tree | Te Reo

LI: To create a Family tree using the maori names to show who they are.

 

This week for Te Reo Maori our challenge was to create a family tree and write their names in Te Reo maori. We had to go home and talk to our parents about each family members name.After we got the information on our DLO then we got to decorate it.It was fun doing this task because we got to recreate our family tree.

Algebraic With Mr Fisi’iahii

LI: To learn and create algebraic equations.  

Today my group and I  learnt Algebraic equations with Mr Fisi’iahi. We started off by finding out the values of the animals. The animals we did were Piwaiwaka,Gecko,Kiwi,Tuatara and Pukeko. We summed up an answer then we  simplified the answers to make it easier to understand and explain what's happening. We created a DLO with our algebraic equations for Mr Fisiah . I really enjoyed working with my partner and my group to answer the questions we’re trying to solve.These tasks and questions help us understand and explain what Algebra is. Can you solve this equation.I enjoyed learning about algebra and creating equations.

Vincent Van Gogh Painting

Today Afatia, Sakshi, Lily and I were recreating the style of Vincent Van Gogh sunflower painting.We learnt how to draw what you see not what you think you see.We also thought about using up most of the space and thinking about the tone,shading and where the light comes from.We made different types of tones from one colour to give our flowers a better effect.When we were doing our sunflowers we had to make layers so the would look realistic.We also had to think about not overloading the paint brush, and thinking about the brush stroke direction. We were created sharp edges and straight lines.

Science Tools

LI: To study what type of equipment scientist using. Today Lily, Sakshi, Liletina and me worked together to create this presentation on the major science tools used in an experiment. The tools we have covered are bunsen burner, gas pipe, test tube, test tube rack, funnel, measuring beaker, conical flask and a clamp stand. We didn’t know so many tools and this topic was something very new and interesting for us. We found interesting that we have different names for various containers on the basis of the shape and size. I am very happy that we got a chance to work together as a team and learn something new.

Science | S.T.E.A.M.

 LI: To identify what we know about science.

For tech we had our rotation. Y7 is doing science and S.T.E.A.M. and Y8 were doing Food Technology. First we were handed out our project books and then our teacher ( Mrs Sharma ) asked us to write the names of different types of science equipment. We made a list of the science equipment.Then we learnt about the three branches of science which were Physics,Chemistry, and Biology. Then we were asked to answer these three main questions, they were What do you think scientist do ?, What they do, And have you considered being a scientist.I really enjoyed this weeks tech because we got to learn more about science.

Screencastify - How to find a class blog

The above screencastify is created by Liletina, Afatia, Lily and me under the topic of cybersmart. The reason we created this video is to guide the students or parents who are new to our school and do not know how to access something. We first chose the topic of our video which is to reach to a class blog. We first created our script on a piece of paper and then decided the dialogues each person will say. Once we were ready we created the screencastify from my chromebook. We made a couple of mistakes at first but we then got the confidence from trying it again and again. I liked that we could showcase our learning through a video and it could be helpful.

Duffy Books At School

 Today we got our own duffy books.The books I were was Amulet book 7 and Star wars Jedi Academy, The attack of the furball.I like to  thank Duffy for giving out books to students in our school. Our school has been getting books from Duffy books for quite a long time. Duffy books are really great because they get kids to read more and it becomes great for their parents because they can see that their child is having fun when the read books.I thank DBIS for my books because it encourages me more to read more books everyday. I am looking forward to read the Amulet book because I really enjoy reading these types of books.

Vincent Van Gogh Timeline

 LI: To create a timeline to show the life of Vincent Van Gogh.

Today Liletina, Sakshi, Lily and me worked together to complete this task for Reading and Writing. We used smart searching skills and opinions to create a timeline on Vincent Van Gogh. We used the website "padlette" which helped us to create the summary of his life. We first worked as a team and searched interesting facts and information and wrote it on a piece of paper. We then used sites to learn more about him. Once we had collected the information we added it onto the timeline and used images to help the readers understand more. We learned a lot about his personal and professional life after completing this task.

Natural Disaster - Who can help you

LI: To find out who can help you in a tsunami.

For this task we were asked to find out who can help you in a natural disaster.I found out that Civil defence deals with theses kind of disaster.You mustn't leave the safe point because you could get caught up in the tsunami and that's why you always wait for the all clear signal before you leave.

 

Natural Disasters - What to do

LI: To create a poster on what to do when there is a natural disaster ( tsunamis )

For this task we were asked to make a poster about showing people what they could to survive a natural disaster. I chose a tsunamis. We had to make proper clear instruction in case of a tsunami.Their I have put the four main step you MUST do when their is a tsunami.

Natural Disaster - Tsunamis

LI: To make a poster showing what to do in A tsunami.

For this task we were asked to make a poster showing what to do in  a tsunami. We had to make clear instruction to show people what they need to do if the tsunami comes.This helps so when the time actually come and there's a tsunami people would know what to do, and you could look for the signs that shows their is a tsunami coming.

Louis Pasteur

LI: To research A scientist about Chemistry.

Today Sakshi and I worked together to create a presentation on Louis Pasteur. To complete this task we first talked to each other through a video call so we could easily talk to each other. Once we had collected information about his journey, occupation, achievements and facts we made added it into a google slide. In the end we created a slide showcasing the questions we used to guide our research. We really enjoyed working together as we could talk to each other and share our ideas concerning this topic and could also work as a team.

Albert Einstein

LI: To research A scientist about physics. 

 

Since we are know back to level three my class had been keeping our learning going by doing our distance learning. One of the task we were given was to pick a scientist from a list and research what they do and what part of science did they what to learn about. For this task I picked Albert Einstein. Ever since I started this activity I learnt new things about Albert Einstein. For example I now know that people took half of his brain so they could test it and the other half was left for Albert Einstein.

Scale Drawing

LI: To learn how to do scale drawing with Mrs Kirkpatrick.

During these few days Mrs Kirkpatrick introduced scale drawing to the year sevens and eights. Every year the year sevens and eights  do scale drawing with Mrs kirkpatrick. First we had to measure our small picture then transfer those measurements on a bigger sheet of paper. We had to draw a grid on our bigger piece of paper. Then we had to start drawing our art. I did pikachu. Before we started drawing we had to get the grid checked out by Mrs Kirkpatrick. Then we started the drawing. I started with the ear of pikachu, because I thought the ear was easy. Completing this piece of art was fun and enjoyable.

 

Careers Pathway

LI: To find out what qualifications I will need to become a SPCA

For this task we learnt about what qualifications we need to get the job. The job that took my interest was being an SPCA person ( nurse for animals ). We had to find out what we had to do first before we get this job. Example: to be a SPCA person you must have a N.Z. diploma Veterinary Nursing assistant level 6. 

Survey with the Juniors

During this week LS2 helped the juniors do their surveys.We also played and watched videos about the cook island week. We helped year 1 - 3 students do their survey. We are also showing our school values with are confident,Attitude,Respect and Excellence and Innovation.

Dance Class # 1

Today we had dance class.Dance is  expression, me and my body, movement, creativity, and there's no wrong or right way to do dance.Our dance teacher was Mrs Rebecca our theme for todays dance class was me and my body.So when she said that she meant you had to make shapes and movements with different parts of your body.First we had a warm up game.We had to copy every dance move that she done. After that we had to get into a group of 6, 7, or eight but we had a groups of six. We had to be a group with boys and girls, we also had to name our team and our team name was team Barbie girl.We went through the alphabet, but the trick was we had to make the letters with everyone in our group.This was fun and it was a great experiments.

   

Life Education

LI: To learn about safety.

This week we had the life Caravan. Life Education is a charity that helps and improves children's life style so the could make healthier choices.We learnt about the trying to make wiser choices, for example age 12 to 15 are experimenting vaping, smoking, and drugs. In one of the sessions we meet cuppie in the first video he was happy and friendly because he just started a blog and was super happy, but in the second video he was depressed,sad, and streed. So we wrote letters to him with some advice.

Science Main Ideas

LI: to find the most vital ideas from the information to help us answer the question “What is science?”.

This DLO is identifying the ideas of science which we have learnt from the information we have gained. To find the vital information, we negotiated by collaborating and communicating with our team. We shared our opinions and ideas, we took notes and from them we selected and rejected information to get to our final conclusion. 

For us the 3 main vital ideas are:

1. Science is the discovery of What, Why, and How events happen

2. The three main branches of science are Physics, Chemistry, and Biology

3. There are two main categories of science, and they are Basic and Applied Science